Journals

Date: July 17 2008

Entry #3

Page # 13

Reflection:

On this portion of the novel, the author tells the readers about Okonkwo's life as an adult. Okonkwo rules his household. He has 3 wives and is very strict. He also learns more about his father like how he had no title. Okonkwo was ruled by only one passion, to hate everything his father loved. I feel that he is doing the right thing because children should learn from their parents mistakes and if his father was a mistake, the he should be the opposite. Okonkwo's father was horrible, so he is going to be the complete opposite.


Page #14

Quote: "He belongs to the clan, so look after him"

Reflection:

Well, a daughter from Umuofia was killed in another village. All villages feared Umuofia so the only way to repay them was to take a boy and a virgin woman to Umuofia and stay there. Okonkwo was the one to go and take the people from village to village. The leader of the clan told Okonkwo the the boy must stay with him, which the quote comes from Okonkwo telling his oldest wife to let the boy stay in her hut. I think this is mean the they take people from other villages to take place of that body that was lost. Wouldn't they want to have less people so they have more to eat? These people are weird.